CulturalcornerCulturalcornerthewesterncountrysideCountrysideinwesternEurope1.CanyougiveadescriptiontothecountrysideinwesternEuropeusingonlytwowords?2.Whatdoyouknowhappenstothecountrysidenow?Beautiful,quiet.Theyarechangingnow.Listentothetextandpayattentiontothepronunciationofthefollowingwords.1.disappearing2.livelier3.remain4.weekends5.survive6.sadder7.uglierⅠⅠ..SkimmingSkimmingReadthetextandchoosethebestanswerWhat’sthebesttitleofthispassage?A.CountryischangingB.LookingforjobsC.VillageproblemsD.ThelifeofthecountrysideandtownⅡ.ScanningReadthepassageagainandtrytogetdetailedinformationParagraph1Inwhichcountriesisthecountrysidechanging?InsomecountriesinwesternEurope,suchasFrance,SpainandBritain.Paragraph2Decidethefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.1.Somevillagesaredisappearing,thereasonsare:youngpeoplefromvillagesusuallywanttolivesomewherelivelierandtheydonotreturn.2.Thesoilistoopoorinthecountryside.3.Thenaturaldisastercompletelydamagedthevillages.4Peoplemovetothecitiestofindwork,asthereareoftenveryfewjobsinthecountryside.TFFT1.Whichofthefollowingstatementsisnotthereasonwhysomevillagesaredisappearing?A.Peoplegotothecitiestofindworkandneverreturn.B.Youngpeopleleavetheirvillagesformoresuitablelife.C.Thepricegoesupandpeoplecan’taffordtobuyhouses.D.Manyfarmersselltheirlandtofindanotherjob.Choosethebestanswers2.Whydosomeoftheurbanpeoplechoosetoliveinthevillages?A.Becausetheywanttolivethereattheweekends.B.Becausetheycan’taffordtobuyhousesinthecity.C.Becausetheywereborninthecountryside.D.Becausetheywantthevillagestoremain.Paragraph2Whatistheattitudeofthewritertowardstheproblems?A.Optimistic（乐观的）.B.Concerned（关心的）.C.Objective（反对的）.D.Hopeless（令人绝望的）.Paragraph3Thepassageiswritten______?A.inpersuadingwords.B.bygivingexamples.C.byanalyzing(解释)andconcluding.D.fromthewriter’spersonalfeelings.summarysummaryReadthetext(P39)carefullyandfillintheblanks.PlacesSomecountriesinwesternEurope,suchas1.________,SpainandBritainProb-lemsLifeinthecountrysideisbecomingsodifficultthatsomevillagesare2.____________.FrancedisappearingReasons☆Firstly,youngpeoplefromvillagesoftenmovetothetownsanddonot3.________.☆Secondly,thereareoftenveryfew4._____inthecountryside.☆Thirdly,itisbecomingmoreandmoredifficultforfarmerstomake5._______fromtheirfarms.Sothey6._______theirlandandfindanotherjob.returnjobsmoneysellConclusionThecountrysidewouldbea(n)7.________________placewithoutvillages.So,manyvillagesinwesternEuropearefightingto8.________.sadderandugliersurviveDiscussion:Dovillagesinyourareahavesimilarproblems?1.InsomecountriesinwesternEurope,suchasFrance,SpainandBritain,thecountrysideischanging.suchas与forexamplesuchas往往不能把事物全部列出,可以以“名词(,)+suchas+被列举的事物”和“such+名词+as+被列举的事物”形式出现。e.g.我喜欢喝茶和果汁类的饮料。Ilikedrinkssuchasteaandjuice.=Ilikesuchdrinksasteaandjuice.Englishisspokeninmanycountries,suchasAustralia,Canadaandsoon.许多国家说英语，如澳大利亚加拿大等。forexample强调“举例”说明，而且一般只举同类人或物中的一个作为插入语，且用逗号隔开，可置于句首、句中或句末。如：Manypeoplehere,forexample,John,wouldliketohavecoffee.这里有许多人，例如约翰很喜欢喝咖啡。Therearemanykindsofpollution,forexample,noiseisakindofpollution.有许多种污染方式，例如噪音就是一种污染。like是介词，意为“像”。也常用来表示举例，可与suchas互换。但suchas用于举例可以分开使用，此时不可与like互换。Somewarm-bloodedanimalslike/suchasthecat，thedogandthewolf，donotneedtohibernate.一些温血动物，像猫、狗和狼都不需要冬眠。Hehasseveralsuchreferencebooksasdictionariesandhandbooks.他有几本像字典、手册之类的参考书。根据句意，用forexample，suchas或like填空。1.Noise，_______，isakindofpollution.2.Thereareseveralpeopleinterested，_______MrJonesandMrSimpson.3.______，myfullnameisJamesAllenGreen.Greenismyfamilyname.4.Youcanbuyfruithere—orangesandbananas,________.forexamplesuchas/likeForexampleforexample2.Thereareanumberofreasonsforthis.reasonfor…表示“……的原因”，后接名词/代词或者v-ing形式。reasonwhy也可以表示“……的原因”后面跟句子。e.g.这是他迟到的原因。Thisisthereasonforhisbeinglate.Thisisthereasonwhyheislate.到目前为止修建许多,大量上升仍然漂亮听起来像uptonowputupagreatmanygoupsoundlikeremainprettyImportantphrasesinModule4:饿死例如加入委员会购物中心在地震中幸存买得起房子surviveanearthquakestarvetodeathaffordtobuyahousejoinacommitteeforexampleshoppingmall
